How necessary is a zerostat gun?

Another no user here. Mine has been sitting in my cabinet for 2 years now unused. You'll know if you need one.

Guess I'm in the minority here. I have used one religiously on nearly every side of every record for the past 30 years. A Zerostat for most of that period, and the Milty equivalent in the last couple of years.

I have no idea how necessary or unnecessary it is, not having done any controlled experiments. But it would figure to be more likely to be necessary for someone like me who listens to a lot of wide dynamic range classical music (containing lots of low level passages), than for someone who listens mostly to dynamically compressed rock music (where the volume level will tend to always be much higher than the noise floor of the record surface).

Regards,
-- Al

I have two and use it every time a lp rolls out of the sleeve. There is almost always static. Plus, I destat the equipment and it seems to stay lest dusty.

I use mine more or less; more when it's needed, less when it's not.

Such light-heartedness may seem a fearful risk, but I'm willing to play dice with that particular universe.

I gave mine to a friend. Although I have major static electricity problems all winter (mostly solved by a SERIOUS room humidifier) I found the Zerostat of little help. Dave